Men's Soccer

Former Mens Soccer Player, Edward Thurston, Named to USASA National Select Team

Sep 02, 2009

Providence, RI- USASA Men’s National Select Team Coach
Aleks Mihailovic has recently named six members of the Aegean Hawks
Football Club to the roster for the National Select Team’s
upcoming exhibitions against the Republic of Ireland’s
Amateur National Select Team in San Francisco. Former Brown soccer
defender Edward Thurston ’04 (Washington, D.C.) was one of 50
finalists for a roster of 18 players, six of which play together on
the Aegean Hawks.

The event will mark the second time USASA and Ireland meet on the
field. In 2007, the USASA Men’s National Select Team
successfully played a two-game series against the Ireland National
Amateur Team in Ireland with games in Cork followed by a second
game in Tipperary Town. The USASA National Select Team was dominant
in both games beating Ireland 1-0 and 2-0, respectively. The
upcoming international match will be played at Kezer Stadium in San
Francisco at 7:30 p.m. PT on Sept. 26. The game will be available
through an audio webcast (http://tinyurl.com/USASAvsIreland)
so that fans around the world can be part of the experience.

Thurston was also instrumental in helping his team win the 2009
USASA National Amateur Cup last month in the USASA Finals in
Orlando, Florida, and was the club’s first national amateur
championship.

Playing for the Bears, Thurston competed in 49 games during his
career with Brown and tallied four assists as a defender while
concentrating in Economics. He was a graduate of Wilson High School
where he was a four-year letter winner in soccer and also lettered
in cross-country and wrestling.